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Bonobo

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8. The naiveté about this intervention being for the people of Libya reminds me of...

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 08:23 AM

Feb 2012

the fable of the Scorpion and the Frog for some reason.

The Scorpion and the Frog is a fable about a scorpion asking a frog to carry him across a river. The frog is afraid of being stung during the trip, but the scorpion argues that if it stung the frog, the frog would sink and the scorpion would drown. The frog agrees and begins carrying the scorpion, but midway across the river the scorpion does indeed sting the frog, dooming them both. When asked why, the scorpion points out that this is its nature. The fable is used to illustrate the position that the behaviour of some creatures is irrepressible, no matter how they are treated and no matter what the consequences.

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Military "intervention" in Libya. THIS is what you get. [View all] Bonobo Feb 2012 OP

Kick Bonobo Feb 2012 #1

These are the thugs that Gadaffi was keeping under control until sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #2

Just more "bad apples". You can't judge based on that... Bonobo Feb 2012 #3

Behavior is always judged. LanternWaste Feb 2012 #39

Gaddafi, who called blacks "sluggish" and "backward," and who blackmailed EU with opening... joshcryer Feb 2012 #4

Well, Gaddafi is gone now. It is weird that you have such anger over racism and bigotry but Bonobo Feb 2012 #5

Arguments based on "good guys" or "bad buys" are too shallow to refute. eom boppers Feb 2012 #11

Boppers, thanks for chiming in but... Bonobo Feb 2012 #12

You created a non-existent contradiction in #5. boppers Feb 2012 #16

If persons who were relatively secure from attacks before the revolution Vattel Feb 2012 #29

They were the thugs before. boppers Feb 2012 #34

This is a bit like comparing an uncle who tells racist jokes.. girl gone mad Feb 2012 #31

No, it's like claiming the 60's were better than now. boppers Feb 2012 #35

This is also the result of Gaddafi exacerbating race relations. Bucky Feb 2012 #37

I am sorry, but you are mistaken completely. That was the early propaganda we were sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #41

Libya Struggles to Curb Militias as Chaos Grows EFerrari Feb 2012 #6

And then, there's the destabilizaton of Western Africa. EFerrari Feb 2012 #7

The naiveté about this intervention being for the people of Libya reminds me of... Bonobo Feb 2012 #8

My favorite piece of naivete is how the sock puppetry of the Libya fiction is so glaringly obvious EFerrari Feb 2012 #9

I tend to stay out of these discussions, but... Kaleko Feb 2012 #10

Please explain how is this not racist. boppers Feb 2012 #17

You are so far off in left field, there is no point. Bonobo Feb 2012 #20

What is the frog. What is the scorpion. boppers Feb 2012 #23

What do YOU think it is? Bonobo Feb 2012 #28

I think you are implying that Lybians are both the scorpion, and the frog. boppers Feb 2012 #33

It's not racist. We're all scorpions at least a little bit. Bucky Feb 2012 #38

Nope. Bonobo Feb 2012 #40

Oh, another post from that unbiased Russian website - RT tabasco Feb 2012 #13

Facts are facts are facts. No matter where they come from. Are you ending the story? nt Bonobo Feb 2012 #14

Here is a video showing the ethnic cleansing mentioned in the article. Hard to deny video. Bonobo Feb 2012 #15

A Ghaddafi supporter stronghold was emptied and burned... boppers Feb 2012 #18

It doesn't sound like you watched the video. Bonobo Feb 2012 #19

I watched it for a while. boppers Feb 2012 #21

Jesse Jackson Jr. called it ethnic cleansing Bonobo Feb 2012 #22

The 'Gadaffi lovers', the 'Saddam Lovers' 'The Osama Bin Laden Lovers'. sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #43

The hypocrisy is amazing WonderGrunion Feb 2012 #24

Seems pretty consistent to me. Bonobo Feb 2012 #26

And now Redstate Bluegirl Feb 2012 #25

And now the Libya interim government is demanding Bonobo Feb 2012 #27

Fuck war. Seriously, it is so seldom worth the harm that comes from it. Vattel Feb 2012 #30

Thanks. That is basically what I want to say. Bonobo Feb 2012 #32

Wow...didn't see THAT one coming.... Taverner Feb 2012 #36

"This is what you want, this is what you get" Redstate Bluegirl Feb 2012 #42